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February 2012

Gushing Water Ends Jerry Cans Filled With Pond Water

Can you imagine the joy and excitement at the St. Lawrence School as the news traveled fromstudent to student and teacher to teacher that clean water was gushing from the firstQuartersForWater drilling site a half mile from the school. No more jerry cans filledwith pond water! A real reason for rejoicing! Not only is the water sufficient for the school andhealth center's current needs, but for its projected growth. Because of you continuing supportCALU achieved what no one else had been able to do in Migyera as evidenced by the shallowwells now broken and dry. In 2010, QuartersForWater funds enabled CALU to purchase 1 water tank for thehealth center, 4 water tanks for the St. Lawrence School, and gutters on the roof to collect therain. The success of this system is purely dependent upon the annual rainfall in the region.While this has greatly improved the quality of life at the school, this system is unreliable as along-term solution. Private donations, a grant from Merck & Co. Inc., and the leadership of educators in teachingstudents to understand their role in addressing global challenges in today's world enabled us totake the next steps toward a permanent solution: drilling a deep well. After an extensivehydrological survey, we drilled a 510' deep well in November 2011. The excitement of finding aplentiful supply of water for the school and health center in this semi-arid land is hard tocontain. It is amazing that water was found on the first try. All of us, students, parents andthose who contributed to Quarters for Water can celebrate with our CALU staff and studentsin Uganda the great success of this project.

Next Phase Fr. Lawrence recently reported on our next steps: "What we need is to get water from thedrilled hole to a main tower and then distribute it. This sounds simple, but it is something thatrequires a design based on a topographical survey to know the make up of the land from thewell to the school, how the pipe will be laid to avoid various obstacles and eliminate futuredamage to the water pipe line. From this survey, we shall know the exact costs involved." During 2012, our focus is to raise funds to complete the project: a permanent well,pump, water tank, and pipeline system. This will allow the school to have access to asustainable water source. You can celebrate the United Nations World Water Day on March 22nd by going to ourwebsite and making a donation to QuartersForWater and help give clean water to ourchildren. To learn more, click QuartersForWater to view our video. Click here and choose "bulleted list" of ideas in the 3rd paragraph to help you lead thisinitiative at your school or in your community and call CALU President, Jean Semler foradditional information. Thank you in advance for your leadership and participation. Yourleadership affords all of us the opportunity to become active global citizens.

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Jean SemlerCoFounder and President732 899 8483

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